Editorial design · Art direction · Image editing
Static.
from portrait to publication.
A model agency editorial study built through bold typography, subtle image treatment and a clean design aesthetic. Photography, layout and magazine presentation were developed as one visual system, giving the work a sharp identity that feels expressive, coherent and deliberately difficult to ignore.
Project details
The useful
particulars.
- Client
- Next Top Models
- Role
- Editorial designer & image editor
- Status
- Ongoing project
- Year
- 2026
- Place
- Krasnodar, Russia
- Disciplines
- Editorial design · Art direction · Image editing and compositing · Typography and layout
The problem
Model imagery can quickly fall into familiar visual clichés. The project needed to feel dramatic and contemporary without becoming noisy, while allowing the portrait, magazine cover and surrounding composition to read as parts of the same editorial world.
The approach
A restricted red, black and neutral palette creates continuity across the imagery and magazine. Large typography, close cropping, controlled retouching and carefully layered compositions give the work movement while keeping the overall presentation disciplined.
The result
A cohesive editorial concept with a distinctive cover and supporting imagery that present the photography - and Katya - as a complete story.